betterthanaplan: (over the shoulder)
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So. Duke had been in Fandom for two weeks now. And while he'd absolutely never say out loud that he felt like he had a handle on things . . . he felt a bit like he had a handle on things.

Case in point: he was lounging on the deck of his boat, sipping bourbon and pondering whether or not he could sail to 2008 Baltimore, stash an inexpensive bottle somewhere, then walk across the causeway to 2019 Baltimore, pick it up, and sell it all nicely aged. He was pretty sure he could get away with something like that without breaking time. So long as he didn't manage to run into his older self or something. But wouldn't his older self know to just avoid Baltimore in 2019?

He was not so lost in such thoughts as to not notice the small green thing creeping around his crates, though. He dropped his hand down to the butt of the gun taped under his chair.

"Pretty sure biting your subjects is a big reporter no-no."

The gremlin made a sort of grumbling, snarling noise, and scuttled off. Duke nodded to himself and sipped his bourbon.

Yeah. He was getting a handle on things.

[open boat deck is open!]

Date: 2019-09-13 11:47 pm (UTC)
hashtag_chocobro: (headturn)
From: [personal profile] hashtag_chocobro
"This Place is Just Weird, Man," Prompto repeated again, in a deeply thoughtful tone as he looked up a little and nodded as if picturing it, and then he laughed.

"Perfect," he decided. "But, hey, it shouldn't be that hard. If you can't find anything at the repair shop or scavenging in the scrapyard, they can pretty much special order a ton of stuff at Turtle & Canary and there's a town blacksmith who's really good at making stuff. She was my shop teacher. And, hey, if it's anything electronic, there's a ton of us on island who know a lot about stuff like that, too. I'm a pretty good hand at modifying a lot of weapons and stuff, myself. Nothing like boats, though, but another thing you'll probably find about this place is that pretty much no one ever backs away from a challenge."

Date: 2019-09-14 12:00 am (UTC)
hashtag_chocobro: (hopeful look up)
From: [personal profile] hashtag_chocobro
A bright smile instantly blossomed on Prompto's face, lighting it up with excitement, which may have transferred a little to a few bouncing steps. "Oh, man, it's great!" he said. "Especially around here. People've got guns here that you wouldn't believe! I still definitely prefer my good old fashion bullet-slinging pistols, they just feel the best, they feel right, you know, but there's some plasma guns that are just amazing. One of these days, I'm really going ot have to sit down and think about how to make a sweet hybrid between the two or something!"

Of course, the real trick there was getting Prompto to actually sit down long enough to do it. Sure, once he got started on something, it could captivate him for hours, but getting there could be a challenge in its own right.

Date: 2019-09-14 12:49 am (UTC)
hashtag_chocobro: (arms crossed amused)
From: [personal profile] hashtag_chocobro
"Seventeen," Prompto offered with a faint grin, a little shrug. "Eighteen next month. I'm actually a senior now. And then it's off to be a prince's bodyguard!"

Which, to be fair, even still sounded weird to Prompto, so he chuckled and wouldn't blame Mr. Boat Guy at all if that sounded a bit like a non sequitor.

"So those sweet gun mods might come in handy," he offered, "but, you know, it'd be much better if they never did."

Date: 2019-09-14 01:01 am (UTC)
hashtag_chocobro: (soft smirk)
From: [personal profile] hashtag_chocobro
"Heh."

Cameras? Were really great for hiding blushing faces and stupid grins, apparently, because Prompto was definitely contending with both those things and so, all of a sudden, that teal deer making a cautious emergance from behind a tree suddenly really needed to have its picture taken.

"Well," he said, and laughed again, shaking his head. "That's kind of a crazy story, but I guess...I guess it's....well, I saved this dog...." The smile somehow got even stupider as his shoulders squared a little in pride, and he snapped another picture somewhere else. "One thing led to another, and now I'm gonna be the bodyguard to the crown freakin' prince! So, you know, moral of the story? Dogs are awesome."

Especially when they're the dog of a displaced princess turned Oracle.

Date: 2019-09-14 01:08 am (UTC)
hashtag_chocobro: (i'll consider your proposal)
From: [personal profile] hashtag_chocobro
"Back home," Prompto said, nodding slightly, and that grin really wasn't going anywhere any time soon. "About a year before I got shipped off here." Then he snorted. "They figured it would be a good experience, you know, since I've never really left home before I came here, and....oof." He shook his head. "They were not wrong. It has...definitely been...an experience."

Date: 2019-09-14 01:28 am (UTC)
hashtag_chocobro: (arms crossed in red)
From: [personal profile] hashtag_chocobro
"A year," Prompto said with a conclusive nod, "almost exactly. I came in with the fall semester last year. And it has been...a roller coaster, like you wouldn't believe. Some of the most amazing things ever has happened here for me, but also..." He caught his lip between his teeth for a moment, hesitated, "...some of the absolute worst, man. It's been one hell of a year."

And he had a whole 'nother one to go through. He was almost a little afraid of what might still be ahead.

Date: 2019-09-14 01:45 am (UTC)
hashtag_chocobro: (aiming a shot)
From: [personal profile] hashtag_chocobro
"It...does," said Prompto, after a significant hesitation, and a little bit of uncomfortable shifting here he stood; his thumb started to fiddle with lens focus on his camera. "But it's...more complicated that. I, uh...." Chewed on his lower lip again, lifted his camera for more shots of the shore even though he'd gotten plenty already. "It's just where I need to be right now."

Date: 2019-09-14 02:37 am (UTC)
hashtag_chocobro: (arms crossed amused)
From: [personal profile] hashtag_chocobro
"Yeah," said Prompto, chuckling a little. "Definitely no lack of material there.

"I'm Prompto, by the way," he added, tilting a smile back at Mr. Boat Dude. "I don't think we ever got around to names."

Date: 2019-09-14 03:00 am (UTC)
hashtag_chocobro: (super amused in profile)
From: [personal profile] hashtag_chocobro
"Oh, hey!" said Prompto, eager to leap as far away from reasons why he was still on this damn island as possible. "Then you've got Sidon and Vette in your class! They're two of my best friends!"

Because of course Sidon had told him about Pirate Class. And Movie Class. And Dating Class that Then Became Cooking Class....

....and that guy liked to talk...hoo.

Date: 2019-09-14 03:11 am (UTC)
hashtag_chocobro: (arms crossed amused)
From: [personal profile] hashtag_chocobro
"Awww," said Prompto with a faint grin. "Was she, like, a little super floofy ball of birdy anger the whole time, too?"

He was also going to try to not think about the last time he saw Vette as a little super floofy ball of bidry anger, because that had been when she'd changed back while sitting on his head.

"My girlfriend brought me to one of our classes when I was a puppy once, so I got to hike Machu Picchu on four legs. It was great! Exhausting, but great."

Date: 2019-09-14 03:20 am (UTC)
hashtag_chocobro: (arms crossed in red)
From: [personal profile] hashtag_chocobro
"...he totally would give her a hat," Prompto noted, after a long moment of imagining and snickering a little.

"And, yeah, I was a puppy, for about...two weeks, I think? Or, like, a week and a half. It was a long one. My friend Nina turned into a flying snake thing once. It's just a thing that happens sometimes. Kind of weird, but also kind of cool. And it doesn't happen to everyone. It took Nina forever to get an animal transformation, and I'm pretty sure Sidon never has and he's been here longer than all of us."

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